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- ._, --: - _ __..-, r 9 Mr.. Bo 'in'ade'SeVeral 'ether at'teniPtV ' Eti lie beard, but they `were all fititless; and . , after ,an in t:liyislual who had turbulently interfered., but on which side it was 'difficult to ascertain,' had been turned .that of the room, the Chairman gave,— " May brow-beating Judges ever be oppOsed byen lightened and impartial Juries ;" and, afterwards, " The Bill of Riglitc„ and condign . punishment 'to those Magistrates who' infringe' it by requiring ex cessive Bail." A tumult of applause Marked both of these tOasts, and the latter was drank - with " three times three." •• • , The Chairman then stated,.that having given all the toasts, which had been - set down on paper, he b gg , :d leave to give tine trom the impulse of his' own feelings, and therefore, though Mr. KEMBLE and Mr. HARRIS had been included in a previous this Meeting was intended for the enres- . si n if every liberal feeling towards individuals, as Y. 0.1 as to the cause, he trusted that ttie'company Would readily , join him in 'thinking the health of Mr. KEMBLE and Mr. HARRIS by name: Nothing could' be more liberal than the, 'manner in which this toast was . received, and it was drank with ydry gri-at applause.' Mr. KHISIEj.E returned thanks, and observed, that .though -ne had &auk the healths of the company before, yet he was glad of the opportunity of doing it Agaiit, • because he coact not have that pleasure Lou often. Mr. HARRIS also thanked them for the honour they, had' don-_ , him. - He was highly pleased that they had though'. him wo-rthy of it, and particutariy glad that he was present at this dinner'; becase he hoped it wouldbe the rnean3 of preventing the pos sibility of any luNre - ditlitrence bet Wean the public and the Proprietors ot*COverit.garden Theatre. ✓ Great applause attended both of these acknow - - . 'ledgments, and the Chairman soon atter gave' the, folloVving as his final roast,- . ---" The cau,e of civil and religious libel ty all over the world ;" ,a toast too interesting to inalakind to be passed' over without `great'aplaus.e. The Chairman, with Messrs.. kzsl - and HAllitlS, then retired; and were cheered With warm a,4lause as they severally•lott the room. 11r. So ii took the chair afterwards, and the.whole of the day was pased general good-hbraour; and every appearance of such amity hetwetJi the parties, as gave no trace of former hostility. TUE Ti4EA±RE.—The admirable Drama of As You Like It was last night represented at the Ly teutn, before a numerous and elegant audience. The only novelty in the performance was the ap:- pearance of .MATHEWs in the part of Touchstone, and lie supported it with great spirit, and with a.qUaint. bets of manner that proved he fully understood the ch,traeter in all its essential qualities and relationi: He was very well received. Miss DUNCAN was - by ito means sudcessfUl in Rosalind. There was a ge neral languor in her manner, except in the first scene wit - h, Orlando, in which, she was much too forwardly kind for a delicate female, independently of the high notions which she might be supposed to entertain 03 aPribcess. Miss RAY might be said to walk over the course in Celia. She hardly made any effort, au.il spoke with a kind of childish whin-, jngsimplicity. Hot.titim would have appeared to 'm'ore advantage in Orlando, if he had been less soli 7 citnus - to prevent any disptes between his legs, for wlieti one Moved, the' other invariably retired, eft.: . attly illustrating the 'Couplet Of CHURCHILL : " One' leg, 'a - S if 'suspicious of his brother, " Desirous bernt'd TO run away from Outlier." •- • • ;--.-WaobewtoN had all' big iAtlal judgment in Jaques, and POwELL gave ,the par: of Adam-with' great t eciitig and effeat. Mr. Honig would have de served Inure applause in Amiens, if he had not in . jure.' the simple melody of " Blow, blow thou win ter's wind," by flourishing divisions quite in opposi tion to the sentiments of the poet. Perhaps, however,, he considered those sentiments - as hardly worth ,notice,",or intended to shew something of representa . - live Music, by imitating the various turns andshiit ings,of the " winter's wind." ' v. We should hate regretted that Mr. BRANDON did not partake in the .general oblivion of pagt hostilities yesterday; at the RecOnciliation Dinner, if the 6bair man had not given a sufEcient reason for avoiding the introdudion of any topic that might have en dangered the least difference of opinion on such an occasion. But as the .:Chairman stated that as the only reason, and said nothing which implied that the leaders. of .the party who proposed and arranged , the. dinner, had any objeetion to the restoration of Mr. ERA NOON', it may fairly be inferred that they retain', no resentment against him ; but on the contrary, that they thought they rather _ assisted his cause• by not submitting it to the decision of a mixed company, and thatthey are too liberal to stand in the way of an old and faithful sCrvant, whose only fault was an excess of zeal. A Melancholy instance of the fatal effects of in ordinate passion took place on Wednesday night at a house in Leicester-fields. A young Lady, 17, years of age, a native cif Paris, - but who bad re , ceived her education in England, and who is de scribed; to us as a most beautiful, elegant, and ac complished creature, put an end to her existence by poison in the phrenzy of unrequited love. , She had resided for about two months at the 'house of a Lady in St. Martin's-street, and bad become so deeply enamoured of. a British Officer, ,that -the idea of being sligl4ted distracted. her understanding; and she took an immense dose of opium. The desperate act was discovered. too - late for remedy. Every effort was made to save her, but in vain. She died at seven o'clock yesterday morning. The Coroner's Inquest will sit on the 'body this day ; end to-mor row we shall give the particulars. _ We understand the detail will be truly affecting.. CORN EXCLIANCn, JAN. s.—This day there are large supplies of Wheat, part thereof fresh arrivals of foreign; general sales are heavy, and at somewhat less, but very prime Danzic 112 s. to 115 s. per quar ter; Barley a falling article ; White and Grey Pease are each lower; new Tick Beans 355. to 40s. old as per currency; • there are tolerable supplies of Oats, and this article heavy sale at the late reduction ; Flour as our last. Tick Beans (old) 47 3 a 53a Oats 22. S 3 26s 3 30s Poland ditto - 33 a 35s,cti l'otntoe ditto —s a 36s od (tape Seed 01 a 521, Line Flour - 9os a 95s Seconds . Yis a 9os ~ • • . , WESTAILIVSTEII SESSIONS, JAR. 4. THE KING V. ISAAC WILLIAMTHW.±As. This was ati 'charging the defend ant with au extreme and violent assault on Ann "Caston. From the testimony of the , prosecutrix it Appeared that' she and the defendant lived with .Mr. Wilkin son, an eminent carrier in Frith -street, Soho; 'she as servant, and he as an apprentice ; that on the even ing of the 27th of July last; the defendant being offended with. the prosecutrix because she would not allow him to waste the bread in her master's kitchen, took 'up. a leathern strap, called by the trade "a horse's mane," and beatber, viblently round the court-yard with it that not content with that ill usage, he threw her down at the head of the kitchen stairs, and dragged her by the feet down stairs into the kitchen, where he repeated his ill-treatment again with the leather strap, inedmuch that she has been rendered unable to earn her livelihood ) being at this moment an out-patient of Middlesex Hos pital. Her statement was .fully cofroborated by one of the journeymen, who described the brutality with whicb the girl was treated; and Mr. Graystock, Surgeon, of. Wardour-street, detailed to the Court the effeas of the' violence she suffered from the de fendan t. On defendant's part the servant maid of a lodger in the honse was called to invalidate the testimony of the proseCutrix, by a weak attempt at tubing in , ,inuations prejudicial to her cbaraeier. In this she not only completely failed ; but was direaly contra dieted by another apprentice, who was called on be half of the defendant; the consequence whereof was, as the Chairman remarked, that, " the mi. dence was •all_ one way," and the ...Liu instantly found. him guilty: Immediately on the verdiet being pronounced, the defendant's friends •deemed it prudent to allay the vengeance, of the law, .and instantlyproposed terms of compensation to the girl, who, with her friends, acquiesced, and a sum of money being paid, adequate'to her loss and sufferings, the Court, there fore imposed on hima small tine, and he was dis charged. THE KING V.W/LL/ADI HENRY HOLT. This also was a case of as;ault, which arose out of a dispute •in ordering a post Chaise at the, yard ,of a Mr: 'Dickson. The defendant. and his friends had been conveyed to the watch-house, and had brought their a&ion of false iinprisondent, upon which Mr. Dickson preferred, and.found his bill of indictment for the assault committed on him, and on his servant. In consideration of the pending a&ions, and un der the circumstances that no previous malice existed between the parties, they came to a mutual accom modation to settle all matters and differences be tween them ,amicably, and the Court, advised there of, sentenced the defendant to a small fine. Wheat - 745 a gos a mos Fine ditto - - lo4s a icaos Rye — 46 s szs Barley • - 4vs a 4:% Malt - 74$ a . iszs White Pease 7os a lios C rey ditto • 44s a sos loss (old) . 58s a b4t, THE KING . V. ,FREDERICK KRUGER. The defendant lodged in the house of a Mr. Bi shop in Piccadilly, and a quarrel arising between ahem respecting the payment of rent, for the non performance- whereof the prosecutor threatened to have the defendant sent out, of the country, which provoking lam, be gave the prosecutor a most se verA.,ciro bbing. Ti►e defendant did not employ_Counsel, but made a most flaming speech, in which, he loudly descanted on the benefits he bestowed upon England, by raising men to fight tier battles all over the world, and for which he was not only naturalized as one of 1.121' sons, but actually obtained a commission un der his Majesty to serve against the common ene my. He_ did not, however,. persuade the Jury, that he was innocent - of the assault; they therefore found him . guilty—seritence deferred. He stated himself to be a resident in this kingdom 15 years, and to be a native of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. BURGLARIES.—There have been more houses broken open about the town since the dark morn ings after Christmas than has ever been heard of in so short a time. On Sunday night a house.in New 'Burlington-street was broken open, and robbed of every convenient movable; one .in Cora M-street, and another in Piccadilly, were also robbed on that night. There were, besides, Lord SACKVLLE'S, Mr. STHACEY'S, in :Wigmore-street, artd- 1001. in cash stolen ; and one in Duke-street, Manchester square. - SMITHFIELD MARKET, JAN. 5. This day's Market afforded but & scanty supply of different kinds of Cattle ; Beef and Mutton are cheaper than our last report ; Veal andlPork support last prices, and the trade in general was spine what flat. The sales in the Haymarket were trifling; Hay,' , Btraw, and Clover fetched better prices than Monday's market. The undermentioned prices and numbers are an accurate statement : To sink the 01141 per stone of Slb. Beef 4s. 6d. to ss. GI. Mutton 4s. ed. to Ss. 6d. Veal ss.. cd. to 7s. cd. Pork 6s. od. to 7s. ed. , Beaste 740). Sheep 3,76o.—Calies I is.—Pigs zzo. SMITUFIELD.HAYMAKKET. Hay 21. los. od. to 61.65. od. Striov ii . 16s. ed. to 21. toe. .d. Clover 61. os. od.to 81. os. od. LADIES' BOAROING-SCHOOL, NEAR THE CITY-ROAD. Mrs. CaOssr6spe&tuily informs the Gentry, Mer chants; and her Friends in general, that her School will recommence on Monday, the 22d:ollanuaqi, and that she has accommodation for five more young Ladies as Boarders ; she hopes that the flattering success she has met, with for these twenty-si x y ears , in educating the Daughters of some of the first fa tlies the City, to' whom references May be had, will be no small recommendation to those Ladies and Gentlemen who may honour her .with their patronage; Terms—the young Ladies are boarded: and taught the English and' French Languages with grammatical purity and correCtness, and History, and the Needle-works, fOr 30 guineas per annum, ,washing included; Parlour Boarders, guineaS a year ; Day Boarders, 3 guineas and a halt per quar ter; and' Day Scholars a guinea and a half. No Entrance-motley expected either froM Boarders or ,Day Scholars. Writing, Ai ithuietic, Music, Danc ing, Drawing, Italian, Geography, the Use of the Globes, and Astronomy, taught . by Prof ssors otemioence and established merit. Mrs.Caoss tray bespoken 'with, ordireaed to, at tier Semi nary, 1 t, Charles-square, near , the City-pad. This esta blishment consists of but a small and select number of Ladies, FNDL4 . COPY of .a ;LETTER. from LORD MINT() awl the . , COUNCIL of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY, to Sir GEORGE BARLOW. TO TR RON. SIT{ G. H. TsM LOW, BABY. AND K.B. GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL, FORT ST. GEORGF.. IOI4OURABLE SIR, We have the honour to acknowledge the `receipt of your dispatch under date the Ist ult. enclosing copies Of a proposed Memorial to the Addressof the Governor-General, from the Officers of the Army of yoUr establishment, and of an Address to Major Boles, the late Deputy Adjutant-General, -and re porting to us your pioceedings with regard to the Officers who signed, and who were understood to haye been principally concerned in preparing and ob taining signatures to. those illegal and seditious pa pers, and in actively encouraging, or tacitly. permit ting and..approv , ing . the previdence of sentiments, and the adoption of measures, .subversive.of the first principle's' of subordination, and of ,the Constitution of the . 13i itiMi Government in Ind►a, as established by law. 2. The two papers which you have transmitted . to us, and which have given occasion to your late proceedings, bear so strongly the character of bold and dangerous sediti on , an d th e p r i n ciples' which they profess, together with the kbits and practices to'which those principles • necessarily lead, are preg nant with consequences so adverse to. the tranqui lityof these provinces, as well as of all the foreign dominions of his Majesty; that we cannot but com mend the wise energy, with which you have oppps ed, i.n the very outset, the licentious spirit which dictated these . , docutnentS, and of which too many. other proofs have been recently afforded. '• 3. We have at the same time observed with cor dial. satisfaction the disappointment of the few lac, tious individuals who have taken the most conspi-, cuous part on this occasion, in their'endeavours to mislead the army at large, and in the hope which, • without_regard to the misfortunes in winch they were involving their associates, they appear to have entertained of implicating the inexperienced mem- . bers of their body in their own rash , projects, and'all their calamitous consequences. 4. They could,indeed, seduce the Coast Army from its duty only by deceiving it ; and we can feel no re-. sentment \against those younger men,. who, %thin struclecl as they may naturally be, in the just prin ciples of the Military Constitution, are more oh -noxious, to error,, both in judgment and conduct, when it is inculcated by the false reasoning, and sanctioned by the pernicious example of their,supe riors in age and authority. • • .5. Persuaded as- we are, that any ill impression , Which may , have been made on the army serving un-, der the Pre,idency of Fort St. George, may justly: be imputed to the artful dissemination of erroneous opinions and false theories, concerning the relatiotr which an army bears to the State, and more particu larly concerning that in which the armies of the East India Company have been placed by the law and constitution of this part of the Empire, With respeat to the local Governments under which they respeCtively serve, we entertain a sanguine hope, that the pi onaulgation of sounder principles on these subjects may check 'the progress of error, and eff'ec- Wally defea the mischievous designs of factious men, while it may,relieve you from the painful .ne cessity of .extending beyond themselves the controul of severity and coercion. 6. The subordination of military bodies to the State is a proposition too well established, and. too universally understood, to have been plainly and dis tinaly questioned in any. quarter; but •it has ,been substantially disowned-by the present agitators of the Coast Army ; inasmuch as they have contested and denied the consequences which necessarily -result from that fundamental truth. • 7. The arms which are placed in the bands of an army are nagiven to them for any purpose of their own. They are a trust.; and as such are accepted by themselves, in order to fight the battles of their country, and promote the service pf the public, 'un der the direction and command of the Sovereign and his Government. These are not only the purposes, .but they are the sole purpose, to which the, arms, or to speak more generally, the power of an atny, may legally be applied. Any other employment of the force with which military bodies -are invested; any attetuvt to promote views of their own, to en force pretensions just or unjust, or to redress griev ances real or pretended, whether 'of individuals or of the body at large, either by the _dire& use of their arms, .or even by tl*influence attatched to the'pos session of them, is not merely the breach of a sa cred trust, but a positive and flagrant crime. 8. From this general and indisputable'proposition it follows,. that military cumbinations.are forbidden, because the cbaradet of compulsion and menace is inseparable from the united and concerted demands alarmed bodies. 9. This argument would be misrepresented, if it were slated to infer that military men have no rights, or have no means of bringing their interests under der the consideration of ,the authorities competent. to provide .forthem. 10. There is not an individual in the most nume rous armies,who does not possess regular and adequate. means to advance any just , and reasonable claim, or to obtain redress for any injury that may have been done to him. There is no necessity, and no pretence, therefore, for recourse, .either to aanal violence, or : to combination, which always and ne cessarily partakes of violence. The representations of particular officers, addressed in their individual cha raCters to their 'militarY superior, and submitted through him to the proper authorities . which have the power of pronouncing upon them, will obtain the object of any just demand. If it be said that representations - in this form, especially in matters of general concern, , : arc less weighty and impressive thari thelunited voice of a numerous. and 'powerful body, it must be answered that. whatever aid is de- . rived - from the union of military numberS, is a'per version of the power confided to them, and fails dis th)6tly within the guilt and danger of those Violations of duty which we . nave already described., 1 1. The general tliscountonance and prohibition of combination is so Well established in the constitution of on( government at,lionie, that the House.of Com roOns,,to, whicii , the universal ,right of petition is, anloilst , the toosl - precioUs privileges of the subjedt, reieei•, however,. every .petition- purporting to be it: the nkKe of Au) , body or doscripl4.l. of hen, with the exception of bodies incorpdratedhY: charter arid yet tha sonic priition with the sanie , 'signatuyes,.. pl.r porting only io be presented by the petitioners in their ii , d'vidual capacitieS,Would be re- Ceived viiithour : 12. Such is the j e alousy entertained of combina tion, even in the ca se of bodies the most cant, and the !least calculated to inspire that meat; Btir a consul utional . jealousy of the trill4k pOwer is in a.manner characteristic of Our Go, - erli mem and - Natien. This sentiment, is far frOrn rogarory to the high respea and reverence in which the tree vAraraciter and appropriate virtues of !hai most honourable profession are ev e r h e ld. 'lt is fOuncied on. the soundest principles of military subordination and civil i prder.A deliberative army and a delibera- : live navy , are both disqualified for •the discharge of.. the proper and konourahle dtities which form thei? . true •diStin(tion and when their deliberaii6 ns 'end in concert and combination; the public Peace is eii dang. ered. 13. We are acCtisiotned 'in England, tintStion of profession or degree, to speak with pride and reverence of that nice and scru i lous solieitude, which pervades the constitutional p;;liey of .Great Britain on every point that aff:his, hoWever remote ly, the great and -4 , 6llr:try concerns of civil liberty. and domestic seJt!ity blessings which it is natural to value moit in a country where they are best known , and 'experienced. It is this great na tional sentiment which requires, as the main and ' most indispensable protision for civil seciirit tire absolute ung\ialifieo , suberdinatiori Of the army to the state; or, in.other words, to the Government of the country. Out of the same principle springiihe necessity of peculiar restraints on the militarir body, and the abridginent, in their case, or some leges and pi - a6liCes, which are permitted, be.ciiti,e they are not derried .hazardbus, in other pathi of life. • 14. Amongst the chief of those restraints ii`e to be placed the stria ptohibition of military combine-, tion for the furtherance of professional views or : and of open and concerted 'oppoSition by' military . men, in their military charaaer, to the qurein Merit, or the persons who administerit. 15. They are nit precluded in other capacities, and in the proper places, to take Whatev , .....estiarAhey may approve, in the expression of public .opinio.:, or in the proniotion of lawful objeais conne&ed it.- But these are civil, not -military pursuits, in which they can be permitted to partake;onlydi-iesl . - ed of the separate charaCter and influence of their order, and blended with the inass - of, their country men. The 'exercise of these pplitical capacities is excluded from camps and garrisons, because its Mission there is incompatible alike wilh evtry mi litary' and civil. duty; and 'neither their '''Soverr,-ign nor their Country will endure, that armies, are the 'servants of 'the - . State, should set thern;- selvesnp in tumultuous opposition to thc,se wh o a re Clothed with its authority, and assume a tone df de, fiance and command where.they are bound as s , ldiers and subjects to,obey. It is in the field alone that armies can reap a fair and genuine renOwn : When they loOk for it elsewhere, they lose their way, and meet only reproach and dishonour in the intricate atid disreputable career : of party feuds 16. It were to be lamented, and little to the cre dit of military men, ifon points wind) touch so near ly all that is most dear to their country, _they cease, to think and feel 'as Englishmen,' when they become soldiers, and should suffer the partial spirit of a profession to wean them from those sentiments and syinpathies, which, like their brethr'en in civil life, they imbibed Vvith their milk, and which dis-! iinguish_and illustrate their nation. . . - 17. We cannot do u bt ' t h er efore that When these true English principles are beought to the teco*c.\ tion of the Cgast .Artny, they will perceive, and, we are persuaded, will atkno Nledge w i t h - candour and regret,' how far. rento , ,ed, all that has been passing, must be tlibught, from these, sounder notions of professional duty ; and we trust, the faaious spirit Of 'combination whi'cli has lately been fomented amongst them,' with all the irregular 'proceedings to which h has given 'birth,- will appear 'as reprehensible to the9lficers of that Army, as we ourselves esteem them. . .18. To apply these principles to the present case the title alone of. the proposed.a s ddress to the Gayer.... nor-General in . ,Council must subject that paper *to serious censure. • lg. It' is entitled, retpeaful Memorial Of the Officers of the ilfradra . 5 - Arrhy." 20., It was not'a representation of the Comman der in Chief, or of the General Officer commanding that Army, on its.behalf—it was not a communica .tion, from a few Officers of rank and consideration, setting forth their own sentiments, or conveying re sPealful advice concerning the nAlitary affairs' or in-, terests of the coast but it was- to bring to our Council Board a clamorous demand, enforceJ by the combined and united voice of an army. In other words, it was to intimidate and overawe the audio-* City to which it' was addressed. ql. This attempt at intimidation # was the more reprehensible., as it was altogether. unnecessary, and entirely inapplicable to the purposes avowed by the Memorialists. It will not be said, or to speak per haps more correatly, it will not be avowed, that the removal of Sir .G. Barlow from the Government of Fort St. George was the primary and substantive objed of their proceedings, and that the Army was to speak 'in' a body, not for, the redress of the grievances set forth in the Memorial, but for the purpose of cashierinc , and dealing Governors at , the discretion of the 07ficers of the Army. It the re dress of grievances the n was the object propo4ed, it is Manifest that the purpose could not be accom= plished, but was likely to be impeded by this culpa ble.proceeding. • , 22.. The grievances enumerated in that paper are, The exclusion of Lieutenant-General Macaowalt from Council; the release of Colonel Munro; and the rer3oval of the Adjutant and Deputy Adjutant- General from their offices: 23. The, first of, those complaints related to a measure, adopted, as . the Memorialists well know, by the Honourable the Court of Directors, and alto .geiher beyond the commence of any authority in India.. 24.. The release of Colonel Munro is a measure which,, if it was wrong, might he a, fit subjea of re presentation by Lieutenant G!..!neral .Macdowall, whose order for his arrest had been superbcded. A 3 Commander in ChieF, he was the proper channel of that repre . sentatioa, first to the Supreme Gom